A short bar magnet lies on a table, as shown in the figure. Point A is on its axis and point B is on its perpendicular bisector (the equatorial line), both at the same large distance $r$ from its centre. Compared with the field at B, the field at A is

Fig. 1: A short bar magnet with S on the left and N on the right, centre O. Point A is on its axis at distance r, and point B is on its perpendicular bisector at the same distance r.